United States Coast Guard (USCG) members rescued four ice fishermen stranded on an ice floe in Lake Erie.
[DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]
They received a report at 4:34 p.m. Tuesday from Catawba Island Police that four people were stranded on an ice floe off of Catawba Island, according to a social media post.
TRENDING STORIES:
- Firefighters extinguish small fire inside Montgomery County apartment
- Fire damages home in Clark County
- Air Force brigadier general removed from WPAFB command due to inappropriate relationships
The U.S. Coast Guard Sector Detroit launched an Air Boat from Station Marblehead and a helicopter from Air Station, U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes said on Facebook.
The STA Marblehead crew rescued three people at 5:37 p.m. and the Catawba Island Fire crew rescued one from the ice floe.
CBS affiliate WTOL TV in Toledo reports that the four people rescued were ice fishermen about a mile offshore.
The helicopter flew across the shoreline and found no other ice fishermen were in distress.
[SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]